First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

VICTORIA v TASMANIA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, February 2, 3, 5, 6, 1923. Victoria won by an innings and 666 runs. TASMANIA 1 A.W.Rushforth b Lansdown 22 c and b Gamble 0 2 B.J.J.Davie c and b Lansdown 36 b Lansdown 6 3 C.W.B.Martin c Mullett b Bailey 24 run out 0 4 G.H.Allan c Mathers b Gamble 5 run out 15 5 G.G.Goodrick c Mathers b Bailey 1 st Love b Schneider 20 6 F.Butler b Lansdown 7 b Gamble 24 7 *H.C.Smith c Love b Bailey 29 (8) b Mullett 11 8 A.C.Newton not out 49 (7) not out 63 9 G.S.Loney c Mathers b Schneider 12 c Love b Gamble 18 10 †P.G.Henty c Love b Lansdown 25 c Mathers b Mullett 14 11 A.C.Facy c Love b Gamble 1 b Sandford 0 Extras b 2, lb 4 6 b 5 5 —— —— 217 176 FoW (1): 1-51, 2-84, 3-84, 4-85, 5-94, 6-102, 7-145, 8-177, 9-210, 10-217 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-6, 3-6, 4-36, 5-61, 6-74, 7-103, 8-146, 9-175, 10-176 VICTORIA 1 H.C.A.Sandford st Henty b Newton 23 2 R.W.Herring c Martin b Newton 66 3 A.E.Brown c Henty b Facy 87 4 J.Mathers c Henty b Facy 46 5 *W.H.Ponsford c Davie b Allan 429 6 †H.S.B.Love c Rushforth b Loney 156 7 W.H.Bailey b Martin 82 8 K.J.Schneider run out 55 9 L.T.Mullett b Allan 16 10 A.J.W.Lansdown not out 25 11 H.S.Gamble c Rushforth b Martin 32 Extras b 32, lb 9, nb 1 42 —— 1059 FoW (1): 1-43, 2-168, 3-200, 4-259, 5-595, 6-792, 7-956, 8-1001, 9-1002, 10-1059 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Gamble 13.3 1 41 2 14 2 55 3 Mullett 12 1 48 0 (4) 12 3 25 2 Lansdown 14 0 53 4 (2) 10 1 49 1 Bailey 10 0 47 3 Schneider 3 0 22 1 (3) 6 0 39 1 Sandford (5) 2.5 0 3 1 Tasmania Bowling O M R W Facy 38 1 228 2 Newton 40 1 182 2 Davie 11 0 97 0 Goodrick 22 1 114 0 Allan 29 0 154 2 Martin 32 1 161 2 1nb Loney 13 0 70 1 Smith 1 0 11 0 Umpires: C.Garing and A.D.Reaburn. Toss: Tasmania Close of Play: 1st day: Victoria (1) 166-1 (Herring 65*, Brown 70*); 2nd day: Victoria (1) 672-5 (Ponsford 234*, Bailey 33*); 3rd day: Tasmania (2) 61-5 (Butler 20*). W.H.Ponsford’s 429 took 477 minutes and included 42 fours. H.S.B.Love’s 156 took 184 minutes and included 9 fours. 43